Crime

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Police arrest 9 over cultism, kidnappings in Bayelsa

After five months of killings by rival cult gangs, police operatives in Bayelsa State have arrested nine persons in connection with various crimes, in

Naval officers accused of assaulting man over debt in Ondo

A middle-aged man, Malo Ojogo, has been allegedly assaulted by men of the Nigerian Navy at Ugbonla Community of Ilaje local government Area of Ondo St

Police arrest son for allegedly killing father in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Muhammad Salisu, for allegedly killing his biological father, Salisu Abubakar (57), wi

Man remanded for allegedly stabbing friend to death

A 20-year-old man, Abdullahi A. Bawa, has been remanded in prison custody by Chief Magistrate Court II in Yola, Adamawa State, over allegations of sta

4 jailed 41 years for robbery

A Kano Federal High Court has sentenced four men to 40 years imprisonment after they were found guilty of armed robbery. Nafi’u Isa, Haruna Ya’u, Sadi